In February, I started a new “special project” here are RJsCorner called “Ambitions Turned Inward”. It was about trying to decide how I want to prioritize what I do for the remaining years of my life. I have been contemplating this for the last 4 months now, and I think that maybe I have found a path forward, or more appropriately re-found a path.

The reason for all of this is that I am starting to find it increasingly difficult to maintain my mental acuity at the level it once was. Too often now, I just can’t seem to find the words as easily as I could just a year ago. For that reason, writing posts here at RJsCorner is becoming more challenging and therefore more frustrating to get it “right” and I am one who insists on getting it “right”.

Many of the words I seek are starting to escape me for longer periods of time. Sometimes they don’t come until agonizing minutes later. I think this is just part of my old age, but I dread that it could be something more complicated. With this realization, I need to come up with Plan “B”, something else to fill my days here at my RetCom.

In the past, when I attempt to make life changes, I was usually in an “either/or” mode. I often think that if I take on something new, I must eliminate something old. I have to beat it into my skull that I don’t necessarily have to entirely quit doing something to make room for something new. I can make room by just doing less of something I am already doing. I’m getting twisted up with my words here, but I think you get the idea.

For the reasons above, I need to slow things down writing wise, and admit that additional challenges probably lie ahead that will make writing more difficult than it is now. Since my life has always been dominated by goal setting, I have to look for a different goal going forward. Something involving fewer words, but still challenging enough to make life interesting. I believe that this new direction will resolve around visual arts.

I will tell you up front, that I don’t plan on abandoning “Having My Say”, but it will necessarily become a smaller part of what RJsCorner will be about. In the coming couple of weeks, I will be experimenting and talking more about which visual arts I am going to pursue and why those choices make the most sense for me at this time.

So, expect fewer “500 Words or Less” posts here at RJsCorner as I plan this “modified” path forward. If you have any suggestions or thoughts, please let me know.